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Beauty and the Bachelor

Bachelor Auction, Book 1

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Beauty and the Bachelor

By: Naima Simone
Narrated by: Phillip Alces, Ava Lucas
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Billionaire Lucas Oliver is hell-bent on revenge. And his plan begins when Sydney Blake - the stunning daughter of his enemy - is tricked into bidding on him at a bachelor auction. Then he serves up a little blackmail...followed by a marriage proposal Sydney has no choice but to accept.

Sydney has been controlled by her family her whole life. When Lucas threatens to reveal her father's shady business, she is once again forced to do her duty for her family. But worse - oh so much worse - is the rush of lust that Lucas ignites in her blood.

Lucas is determined to make Sydney suffer, but it's tough when he can't keep from touching her - or thinking about touching her - all the time. She's not fairing much better since she's engaged to a darkly handsome beast intent on destroying her entire family...along with her heart.

©2015 Naima Simone (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC Contemporary Romance Romance Contemporary
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I usually love Beauty and the Beast retellings but this one left me wanting less of things that are there and more of absent elements. It's too angsty with no flashes of humor to balance it out. Sydney is too meek and insecure with no support system whatsoever. Lucas is too much of an Alphahole, really beastly not just in appearance but also in his behavior towards Sydney. His backstory is really sad but it doesn't excuse his deception and mistrust. The only character I liked is Aiden.

The voice talents are okay. The female narrator's voicing of Sydney’s mother sounds like Moira from Schitt’s Creek. The only time I smiled during the listen.

So much angst; no humor

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